Contemporary Japanese visual artists tweaked the genes of Osamu Tezuka's manga characters in dozens of works featured at the recent "Tezuka Gene - Light in the Darkness" exhibit at Parco Factory in Shibuya. Here is a small selection.

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Astro Boy (Enlightenment)

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The Three-Eyed One (Enlightenment)

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Phoenix (Hiroki Tsukuda)

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Ambassador Magma (Yutanpo Shirane)

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Buddha (Teppei Maki)

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Unico (Tsuyoshi Kusano)

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Dororo (Mustone)

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Dororo (Mustone)

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Black Jack (Enlightenment)

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Ode to Kirihito (Motohiko Odani)

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Buddha (Junichi)